Instituting Certain Critical Changes in the Organizational Structure of the Ministry of Labor
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Instituting Certain Critical Changes in the Organizational Structure of the Ministry of Labor
Executive Order No. 591
May 1, 1980
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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 591Instituting Certain Critical Changes in the Organizational Structure of the Ministry of Labor
- Renames the Ministry of Labor to the Ministry of Labor and Employment (Article I, Section 1)
- Establishes the authority and responsibility of the Minister, assisted by one Deputy Minister (Article II, Section 1)
- Creates a Legal Service to provide legal advice, interpret laws, assist in lawsuits, and conduct investigations (Article III, Section 1)
- Abolishes the Legal Division and Labor Appeals Review Staff, transferring functions to the Legal Service (Article III, Section 2)
- Places the Rural Workers' Office, Free Legal Assistance Office, and Population/Family Planning Office under the Minister's direct supervision (Article IV, Section 1)
- Transfers line functions of these offices to regional offices (Article IV, Section 1)
- Abolishes the Institute of Occupational Health and Safety (Article IV, Section 2)
- Authorizes the Minister to administer the Special Project Fund (Article IV, Section 3)
- Abolishes the Labor Standards Commission and transfers functions to the Bureau of Labor Standards (Article V, Section 1)
- Abolishes Regional Employment Offices and Regional Manning Offices, transferring functions to regional offices (Article VI, Section 1)
- Authorizes the Bureau of Employment Services to supervise employment services in regional offices (Article VI, Section 2)
- Authorizes the Minister to create district offices under regional offices, subject to Presidential approval (Article VII)
- Abolishes Arbitration Branches, Field Services Divisions, and Labor Relations Divisions in regional offices (Article VIII, Section 1)
- Authorizes reorganization of units performing licensing, recruitment, placement, and adjudication in the Bureau of Employment Services, Overseas Employment Development Board, National Seamen Board, and Institute of Labor and Manpower Studies (Article VIII, Section 1)
- Retires labor attaches aged 60 or above with at least 15 years of service, with full benefits, three months after the order's effectivity (Article IX, Section 1)
- Authorizes the Minister to issue implementing orders, subject to concurrence from the Ministry of the Budget and Presidential Commission on Reorganization (Article X, Section 1)
- Allows bureaus and offices to continue functioning under existing laws pending implementation (Article X, Section 2)
- Allows the Minister to temporarily authorize bureaus or offices to assume functions of the regional office in the National Capital Region, subject to concurrence from the Ministry of the Budget and Presidential Commission on Reorganization (Article X, Section 3)
- Requires the Ministry of the Budget to provide adequate funds for the reorganization (Article XI, Section 1)
- Declares the order effective immediately (Article XII, Section 1)
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Instituting Certain Critical Changes in the Organizational Structure of the Ministry of Labor
Executive Order No. 591
•May 1, 1980
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 591 May 1, 1980
INSTITUTING CERTAIN CRITICAL CHANGES IN THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE MINISTRY OF LABOR
WHEREAS, five years after the Labor Code introduced institutional innovations in the Ministry of Labor, it has now become necessary to examine its present structure as a result of new and urgent demands upon its services;
WHEREAS, in the light of objective appraisal, there is need to institute certain structural-functional changes in the Ministry of Labor to enable it to respond to its increasingly complex role in the management of social conflict, including the promotion of industrial peace, dispensation of speedy labor justice, and the provisions of just and humane labor standards as well as meaningful and gainful employment opportunities, both locally and overseas; and
WHEREAS, under Presidential Decree No. 1416, the President is empowered to undertake such organizational and related improvements as may be appropriate in the light of changing circumstances and new developments.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the...
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Executive Issuances
Executive Orders
Ministry of Labor
Ministry of Labor and Employment
Organizational Structure
Legal Service
Rural Workers' Office
Free Legal Assistance Office
Population/Family Planning Office
Institute of Occupational Health and Safety
Special Project Fund
Labor Standards Commission
Bureau of Labor Standards
Regional Employment Offices
Regional Manning Offices
Bureau of Employment Services
National Seamen Board
Regional District Offices
Arbitration Branches
Field Services Divisions
Labor Relations Divisions
Overseas Employment Development Board
Institute of Labor and Manpower Studies
Labor Attaches
Retirement
Implementing Orders
Ministry of the Budget
Presidential Commission on Reorganization
National Capital Region
Appropriation
Effectivity
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 591 May 1, 1980
INSTITUTING CERTAIN CRITICAL CHANGES IN THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE MINISTRY OF LABOR
WHEREAS, five years after the Labor Code introduced institutional innovations in the Ministry of Labor, it has now become necessary to examine its present structure as a result of new and urgent demands upon its services;
WHEREAS, in the light of objective appraisal, there is need to institute certain structural-functional changes in the Ministry of Labor to enable it to respond to its increasingly complex role in the management of social conflict, including the promotion of industrial peace, dispensation of speedy labor justice, and the provisions of just and humane labor standards as well as meaningful and gainful employment opportunities, both locally and overseas; and
WHEREAS, under Presidential Decree No. 1416, the President is empowered to undertake such organizational and related improvements as may be appropriate in the light of changing circumstances and new developments.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the...
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